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Stitching & Crafting Room:  You won't believe what is right under my nose!  |
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KitchenWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
98 Posts
Kristina
Santa Fe
New Mexico
USA
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 Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 09:59:38 AM
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Oh, ladies, ladies, ladies, you are not going to believe what has been sitting right under my nose for almost a year!!!
After dating for the requisite amount of time, we've moved in together, making the most of our five acres outside of Santa Fe. With the last of my things being moved in, we're having to ask ourselves what we want to store, what we want to sell, what we want to transform with crafting, and what we want to keep. We've been moving this inordinately heavy nightstand/end table from room to room, unable to commit. I always marvel at just how heavy it is. When we looked at it again last night, Z says, "It ought to go in your craft room, really." I'm thinking with a wry smile, "Oh, really? My craft room? How do you figure?" Before I get a word out, he adds, "It is a sewing machine after all."
It's a WHAT?
Girls, it's a sewing machine. His grandmother's. The table flips to reveal the vintage--WORKING!--Singer machine below.
<insert wild farmgirl swoon here>
http:\\accidentalmiracles.blogspot.com
Yeah, okay. It can go in my craft room.
Happy Friday, everyone!
Had to share the news. 
Live joyfully, deliberately, simply, abundantly. |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 10:07:25 AM
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Wow! What a great surprise! Thanks for sharing. :)
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
1510 Posts |
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
846 Posts |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 11:08:49 AM
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Oh, awesome!! What a great find. And such a nice thing to adorn your craft room with!
Karin
Wherever you go, there you are. |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 12:04:15 PM
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| That's great. What was his reaction when you got excited about the sewing machine...something like, "Isn't it obvious? What else would it be?" |
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shelle
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Shelle
oklahoma
USA
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9369 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9369 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 3:28:26 PM
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Oh that is to funny. Just like a guy, huh?
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
1476 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 5:50:30 PM
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LOL...that is sooo funny, and wow, what a great find!! Enjoy and oh, please......post photos!!!
Georgann
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
Thanks for checking out my apron and sewing musings! |
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
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Posted - Apr 06 2007 : 8:52:12 PM
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Too funny! Glad you were finally able to commit Kristina! 
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Edited by - abbasgurl on Apr 06 2007 8:52:59 PM |
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cinnamongirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1682 Posts
Carrie
Canada
1682 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2007 : 10:34:27 AM
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| Too cool!! I would have been really curious why it was so heavy and been inspecting it too!! |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2007 : 10:52:18 AM
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How exciting...
check out a post by Bluewren-Treadle sewing machine...both Denise & Jana posted some web sites to find replacement parts for the old treadle sewing machines.....
How awesome for you to be the new "caretaker' of this delightful sewing machine.
tata-4-now
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KitchenWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
98 Posts
Kristina
Santa Fe
New Mexico
USA
98 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2007 : 12:54:33 PM
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It's privlege to have this silly old thing. I purrs, I tell you. Makes my later model machine look like a cheap knock-off. I feel incredibly blessed to have found it. Now...
Does anyone have a good idea for a first project on it? I haven't sewed in quite a while. I'd like the first thing to be something meaningful, that Zach's grandmother would smile to see...
Any suggestions?
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
1476 Posts |
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Lizabeth
True Blue Farmgirl
560 Posts
Washington
560 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2007 : 2:23:42 PM
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I second that, an apron. or a lovely valance and curtains for your sewing room or bedroom.
Congratulations on the find!
http://www.handcraftsbyheather.com |
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Naomi Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
1563 Posts
Naomi
Sunshine State
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2007 : 3:14:16 PM
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That is such a cool find! Looks like it is in terrific condition as well!
Have fun with it!
~Naomi~
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be-Abraham Lincoln |
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KitchenWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
98 Posts
Kristina
Santa Fe
New Mexico
USA
98 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2007 : 9:24:00 PM
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You know, I was thinking apron. Now I have to find a pattern! =P
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kreativeblonde
True Blue Farmgirl
135 Posts
Amanda
Summerland
Ca
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2007 : 11:25:30 AM
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I third the Apron!
I usually sew once a year-for my costume for a local parade. My costume just has to hold together long enough to make it to the end :-).
After not sewing for a while I dragged 'old betsy' out and finished off an apron I had already cut out and never finished-only took me 5 hours! hahhahahahahhahaeeehahaha. Not bad for a "one hour project"-or so the pattern said. Anyway, even though it took forEVER to finish it was good practise for the next project...a MaryJane's apron-which I am happy to say only took a couple of hours (maybe less, if I hadn't added some ric-rac).
I was so inspired by the whole apron project that I started finding lots of old apron patterns in thrift stores-one dating 1946!
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